February 14, 2012
More than 30 unions, human rights organizations and other groups urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to settle a proposed class action brought by the victims of a 1940s U.S. health program that infected unsuspecting Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases.
January 10, 2012
The U.S. government sought Monday to toss a proposed class action demanding reparations from the U.S. for secretly infecting Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases in the 1940s, arguing the government is immune to tort claims arising in foreign countries.